Protective effects of zinc and selenium against benzene toxicity in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 537-545

  Ibrahim, Khadiga S ^a   Saleh, Zeinab A ^a   Farrag, Abdel Razik H ^a   Shaban, Eman E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; Benzene injection; histological anomalies; selenium; zinc

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SELENATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC CARBONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN; TOXICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZENE; CARBONATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959775171     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710393394     Document Type: Article

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